Log 191. Wingate Holy Trinity, Durham

Holy Trinity, Wingate, Durham.

The Work:- Window of three Lights.

Date:- 1923. See below

Location:- East wall.

Subjects:- (l) St. George. (c) Jesus on the Cross. (r) St. Cuthbert.

Inscriptions:- None.

Dedication:- (c) “To the Glory of GOD and in memory of the men

who fell in the Great War 1914 – 1918”.

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The Window was Made by Cowell and Gillis of Sunderland.

Unveiled July 9th 1922 by Col. Thomlinson of West Hartlepool; dedicated by Bishop of Jarrow.

Front of the cartoon/sketch has Glasby’s Kensington address overwritten with Putney.

Glasby’s name appears at the bottom right of the right hand Light.

A typed note on back of the cartoon/sketch refers to a letter sent to Glasby and says:-

Wingate Vicarage,

Durham.

Dear Mr. Glasby,

Your letter of 19th July (year not given) has been forwarded to me, and I am taking the first opportunity to acknowledge it’s receipt.

Now that the window is in place I should like to tell you of the satisfaction it gives to the Committee, the Parishioners, and myself personally. We feel that we have been very fortunate in having entrusted the work to you. It is a Window when once seen, it is a pleasure to look at again and again. We are proud to have it in our Church. It is so different from, and superior to many of the conventional Stained Glass Windows which have been done as War Memorials.

Yours truly.

F. E. BOWMAN.

Regarding date of the work see the article:- Donald Green, Dennis Hadley and Joan Hadley, “The life and work of William Glasby (1863 – 1941)”, The Journal of Stained Glass, vol xxxii (2008), 91 – 106 which dates the Window 1923.

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Further Sources:

Stained Glass Window 1914-18 Holy Trinity - NEWMP

Memorial Description:

Stained glass window of three lights.

The centre light depicts the Crucifixion with a knight at the foot of the cross.

The dedication is carried below this.

The left hand light depicts St. George.

The right hand lightdepicts St. Cuthbert.

The names of the saints are carried on scrolls below the relevant picture.

Auckland and County Chronicle13/07/1922

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle15/07/1922 page 10

Wingate W.H. Moyes, pages 90-91

With thanks to Rev’d Jane Grieve for data supplied during 2021.

(c) John Collins and Erika Szyszczak August 2021.